Money: Speech
Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, on the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890
作者：Jones, John P. (John Percival), 1829-1912
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共 165 题- MONEY.
- THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY.
- WHAT IS THE DIFFICULTY?
- ONE SYMPTOM COMMON TO ALL INDUSTRIES.
- WHAT PRODUCES A GENERAL FALL OF PRICES?
- EFFECT OF A REDUCTION IN THE MONEY-VOLUME.
- THAT EFFECT INTENSIFIED AS CIVILIZATION ADVANCES.
- PRICE THE INDEX OF THE VALUE OF MONEY.
- A GLANCE AT THE HISTORY OF MONEY.
- M. Wolowski said:
- M. Rouland, governor of the Bank of France, said:
- WHY WAS THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM INTERFERED WITH?
- THE PROPOSITION FIRST MADE TO DEMONETIZE GOLD.
- GOLD DEMONETIZED.
- THE MOTIVE FOR DEMONETIZING SILVER.
- THE MOTIVE OF ENGLAND.
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE MOTIVE.
- I have contended--
- THE MOTIVE OF GERMANY.
- DEMONETIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
- CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME.
- THE COURSE OF THE CREDITORS.
- THE PRETENSE TO "STRENGTHEN THE PUBLIC CREDIT."
- DEMONETIZATION WHOLLY UNJUSTIFIABLE.
- EDUCATIONAL EFFECT OF DISCUSSION.
- UNFULFILLED PROPHECIES.
- WILL REMONETIZATION PLACE US ALONGSIDE INDIA.
- CREDITORS AND DEBTORS.--A COMPARISON OF MOTIVES.
- WHO ARE THE DEBTORS?
- EFFECTS OF A SHRINKING VOLUME OF MONEY.
- THE FALL OF PRICES SINCE 1873.
- BOTH GOLD AND SILVER VARIABLE IN VALUE.
- IMPROVED METHODS OF PRODUCTION.
- EFFECT OF CHECKS AND CLEARING-HOUSES.
- THE PROOF AFFORDED BY THE FALL OF INTEREST.
- FAILURES IN BUSINESS.
- HAS SILVER FALLEN?
- THE BATTLE OF THE STANDARDS. THE ALLEGORY OF THE CLOCKS.
- THE PURCHASING POWER OF SILVER IN 1873 AND 1889.
- PROOF THAT GOLD HAS RISEN.
- SOME EFFECTS OF THE RISE OF GOLD.
- THE INTEREST OF THE MINING STATES IN THE REMONETIZATION OF SILVER.
- THE INTEREST OF THE NON-MINING STATES IN REMONETIZATION.
- THE ENORMOUS LOSS OF POTENTIAL WEALTH THROUGH INVOLUNTARY IDLENESS.
- SOME STATISTICS OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
- THE WAGE LOSS FROM INVOLUNTARY IDLENESS.
- THE MEANING OF VALUE.
- WHAT IS MONEY?
- BASTIAT'S DESCRIPTION OF THE CROWN PIECE.
- GRESHAM'S LAW.
- THE CREDITORS' DEMAND FOR THE "BEST MONEY."
- ALL MONEY SHOULD BE LEGAL TENDER.
- MONEY A MEASURE OF VALUE.
- THE VALUE OF MONEY FIXED BY THE COMPETITION TO GET IT.
- WHAT IS THE DEMAND FOR MONEY?
- WHAT IS THE SUPPLY OF MONEY?
- NO ALTERNATIVE FOR MONEY.
- In adopting a paper circulation--
- Says Lord Overstone--
- THE TRUE MONEY STANDARD.
- MONEY VALUABLE ONLY FOR THE IMPORTANT SERVICE IT PERFORMS.
- THE MONEY DEMAND, NOT THE COMMODITY DEMAND, THAT GIVES GOLD ITS VALUE.
- GOLD A FETICH--DEMAND FOR A STANDARD OF JUSTICE.
- FEAR OF THE OUTFLOW OF GOLD.
- RATIONALE OF THE MOVEMENT OF GOLD.
- Mr. JONES of Nevada. Mr. President----
- PRACTICALLY NO GOLD MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES.
- THE ARGUMENT BASED ON OUR BALANCE OF TRADE.
- THE WORLD'S SUPPLY OF GOLD AND SILVER.
- THE GOLD USED IN THE ARTS.
- TREASURY NOTES SHOULD NOT BE REDEEMED IN BULLION
- MONEY SHOULD BE REDEEMABLE IN ALL THINGS.
- A guinea--
- POSSIBLE EFFECT OF REDEMPTION IN BULLION.
- A PLANK FROM THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
- SHALL WE BE FLOODED WITH SILVER?
- CAN THE UNITED STATES ALONE HOLD THE METALS AT A PARITY?
- IS AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT NECESSARY?
- CONCLUSION.
- INDEX.
- Allegory of the clocks, 50
- American Review, effect of increasing volume of money, 8
- Appleton's Cyclopedia, definition of money, 67
- Aristotle on Money, 66
- Balance of trade, the argument based on, 96
- Banker's advice to the Usurer, 70
- Bastiat, description of the crown piece, 68
- Baudeau, on Money, 66
- Behren, Jacob, opinion as to effect of gold standard in England, 23
- Berkeley, Bishop, queries as to Money, 67
- Cattle, estimate of value in 1880, 4
- Chevalier, in France, advocated demonetization of gold, 20
- Circulation, present monetary, 75
- Coal, yield for 1888, 4
- Cotton-planters, their loss by demonetization of silver, 60
- Crops for 1888, corn, wheat, oats, and cotton, 4
- Demand for money, what it is, 73
- De Quincey, in England, advocated demonetization of gold, 20
- Difficulty, one symptom common to all industries, 5
- Discussion, educational effect of, 29
- Double standard, statement of, before French Commission, 22
- Economist (London) admits rise of gold, 44
- Encyclopedia Britannica, effect of fall in the value of money, 8
- England's position not due to gold standard, 25
- Failures in United States, 1887, 1888, and 1889, 49
- Fall of interest on gilt-edged securities, a proof of rise of gold, 48
- Farm, how it may be lost by an increasing value in the money unit, 70
- Farmers, their loss by demonetization of silver, 60
- Fichte, the value of money depends on its quantity, 76
- Flood of silver, where is it to come from?, 108
- France, law of 1803 held metals at a parity till 1873, 16
- Frewen, Moreton, extract from his "Economic Crisis", 30
- Gallatin, Albert, a metallic currency not indispensable, 77
- Germany, emigration from, 25
- Gibbs, Henry H., cablegram relating to bimetallism, 29
- Gresham's law, and so-called "extension" of, 68
- Gold used in the arts, 103
- Gold money, practically none in the United States, 95
- Hamilton, Alexander, effect of annulling use of either metal, 16
- Houses in United States, estimated value in 1880, 4
- Improved methods of production, their effects considered, 45
- India, will remonetization place us "alongside?", 32
- Involuntary idleness, enormous loss of potential wealth, through, 61
- Iron, pig: Yield for 1888, 4
- Jefferson, Thomas, "the unit must stand on both metals", 17
- Legal-tender: All money should have this power, 71
- McLeod, on Money, 66
- Materials used as Money at various epochs, 10
- Machiavelli's reference to the brigands, 57
- Mill, James, the value of money depends on its quantity, 76
- Mining States: Their interest in remonetization of silver, 58
- Newspapers, number published in United States, 4
- Non-mining States, their interest in remonetization of silver, 60
- Panics, impossible if all money were legal tender, 71
- Price, the index of the value of Money, 8
- Price, Bonamy, on Money, 67
- Progress, evolutions of, in Money, 9
- Prophecies of gold advocates unfulfilled, 30
- Protection, its effect on prices, 88
- Rothschild, Baron, opinion of bimetallism, 17
- Rouland, M., governor of Bank of France, opposed to demonetization, 17
- Royal Commission of England, extracts from report of, 23, 110
- Seventy-two cent dollar, the, 92
- Seyd, Ernest, effect of increasing money volume, 8
- Soetbeer's table, showing relation of general prices 1849 to 1885, 41
- Stewart, Dugald, on Money, 67
- Steel, yield for 1888, 4
- Suicides in Germany, 25
- Supply of money, what it is, 73
- Thornton, Henry, on Money, 66
- Time contracts, their importance to industry, 6
- Tribune (New York) quoted as to fall of prices, 39
- Unemployed, some statistics of the, 61
- United States, demonetization of silver effected in 1873, 26
- Usurer's loan on the farm, 70
- Waller's verse, 24
- Values, relative, of precious metals from earliest times, 13
- Wage-loss from involuntary idleness enormous, 62
- Wealth, national, estimated, 4
- Wolowski, M., effect of demonetization, 17
- Working masses entitled to better conditions, 57
- Yardstick, the lengthened, "rung in" on the cotton manufacturer, 73
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
- 1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_.
- 2. Certain words use "oe" ligature in the original.